Organic Geochemistry

Organic Geochemistry

Professor Simon George leads the Organic Geochemistry group at Macquarie University in northern Sydney. We are working on a diverse range of research areas, including the geochemical record of the early evolution of life, petroleum geochemistry, marine geoscience, and the bioremediation of petroleum and fuel spills. We are also developing a novel instrument (femtosecond laser micropyrolysis gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer) that will allow the acquisition of spatially-constrained geochemical parameters from heterogenous organic matter at the sub 20 μm size.

At present we are a group of 14, including Professor Simon George, 8 PhD students, 2 postdocs and a research assistant working on associated projects, and some masters students and visitors.